slitlamp


slit·lamp

(slit'lamp), In ophthalmology, an instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit. Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp

slit·lamp

, slit lamp (slit'lamp) ophthalmology An instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit for examination of the eye.
Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp.

Gullstrand,

Allvar, Swedish ophthalmologist and Nobel laureate, 1862-1930. Gullstrand slitlamp - in ophthalmology, an instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit. Synonym(s): slitlamp